William Baum

William H.
Baum is currently Lead Independent Director at Gevo, Inc. since 2025, Director at Arzeda Corp.
since 2017, and Director at both Watt Companies, Inc. and Canbiocin, Inc. Former roles include Director & Chief Business Development Officer at Genomatica, Inc. from 2010 to 2014, Non-Executive Director at Foresta Group Holdings Ltd. from 2017 to 2020, Executive Vice President-Business Development at Diversa Corp.
from 2002 to 2010, Vice President-Global Sales & Marketing at International Specialty Products, Inc. from 1993 to 1997, Executive Vice President-Business Development at Verenium Corp.
from 2002 to 2010, Executive Vice President-European Operations at Veolia WTS USA, Inc., President at Syngenta Seeds LLC, Managing Director at Betz GmbH, Director at Zea2 LLC, Business Development Officer at Liquid Light, Inc., and Member-Governance Board at Biotechnology Innovation Organization.
Education includes undergraduate studies at Widener University.